Portable gasolene-measuring device



J. M.y FAULCONER.v PORIABLE GASOLENE MEASURING DEVICE.l

APPLICATION FILED MRZ?. 1920.

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il. M.,FAULCONER.

PORTABLE GASOLENE MEASURING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.. 2z, ma;

1,368,494. Patented Feb. 15,1921.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PORTABLE GASLENEMEASURING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 15, 1921.

Application filed March 27, 1920. Serial No. 369,216.

To all whom t may 'concern' Be it known that I, .loi-IN M. FAULooNnR, a citizen ont the United States, residing at Silver Spring, in the county ot Montgomery and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Gasolene-Measuring Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to liquid measuring appliances -for liquid storage tanks, and pertains especially to a portable measuring device adapted for transferring gasolene, in measured quantitiesrom a supply wagon tank to an automobile service station tank.

The object of theinvention is to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive portable device in which successive injection and ejection of liquid into and from a pair of measuring chambers is automatically controlled by a compound valve at the bottom of a partition` separating said cham- 'bers, said valve being operated by a rod extending through a liquid induction pipewhich intersects the partition and is connected with the valve.

A further object ot the invention is to provide in a liquid measuring device, a single valve having such construction and location relative to a centrally divided can or casing as to cause one side of the can to till during the emptying of the other side.

A. still further object of the invention is to provide a liquid measuringcan having a central vertical partition dividing the can into two liquid measuring chambers having their only inlet and outlet through a valve centrally under the partition, such valve being operated by a valve rod extending through a pipe central of the partition for conducting the liquid to the valve so that the valve shall control simultaneous passage ot' theV liquid through the valve into and out of the chambers formed by the par tition.

Various other objects, advantages and improved results are attainable in and by the special construction andJ arrangement of parts, as Will be hereinafter disclosed.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this application Figure 1 is a perspective vieiv shovvmg the application of the measurer to a protruding filling pipe of an underground gasolene storage tank;

Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional view partly broken away.

Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on the dotted line Af-A, Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail vertical section of the compound valve.

Fig. 5 is a detail cross section takenV on the dotted line 13e-B, Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a detail View of part of the partition.

Fig. 7 is a detail vieiv showing positions of valve handle. u

The same reference characters denote the same parts throughout the several views ot the drawings.

In carrying out my invention, I preferably employ a cylindrical can or container 1, composed of galvanized iron or sheet metal having ordinary band braces 2, a pair of hinged top lids or covers 3, and a funnel or cone shaped bottom Il having an inner valve housing 5 from `which projects a tubular casing 6 extending centrally through the can l through the top 7 thereof. A. coupling 8 is secured to the tube 6 and aiords means tor attaching a hose or pipe 9 leading' from a Wagon gasolene tank or other container. The cylinder or can' 1 is divided centrally into two gasolene chambers 10 and 1l by means of vertical partition members 12 joined to and extending from the pipe casing 6 to the Wall ot the can so that the casing intersects the partition centrally and also forms a partition member. The functions of the casing (3 being essential in that it affords means for j oining the partition members central of the can, forms a housing and protection for the gasolene pipe, and affords means for Withdrawal of the valve, valve rod and the gasolene pipe 13 from the can for cleaning, repair or renewal of the parts as may be occasioned by long usage.

The Vgasolene pipe 13 is connected with theupper open end of the compound valve 15 by a coupling head lll, and said pipe entends through the casing 6 into the coupling 8 so as to receive gasolenerfrom the connecting pipe 9. The valve has a central longitudinal partition 16 dividing the valve into upper and lower members and 18, respectively. The lower member 18 or bottom of rthe valve is open for the discharge of gasolene therethrough, and such open ing is desirably largerin diameter than the induction pipe 13, and is the same size as y that of 'a discharge pipe 19 which is secured to and projects from the base member ofV the valve, and said projecting pipe is adapted to be inserted into an ordinary nozzle or pipe 21 projecting` from a storage tank. The upper member 1T of the valve has a port 23 always in opencommunication with the upper open end of the valve, but is opened and closed With respect to .the ports 24 and 28 in the valve casing' 25 by operating a valve rod 33, hereinafter particularly referred to. The lower valve member 18 has a like construction, except its port 27 is in reversed position to that of the port 23, and said port is opened and closed with respect to the ports 23 in the valve casing', by operating' the valve rod. The valve body or casing 25 has opposite lateral extensions 29 through which the casing ports 24 and 2S extend, and these ports are provided with open screivbushings 30 for detachably securingl the casing' 25 to the housing 5, and 'for making a fluid tight connection so as to atlord permanent communication between the ports 2d and 28 and the cllambers 10 and l1. lllhe eduction end of the valve casing 25 is provided with a screw cap 31 having a conically liaring Hange- 32 fitting the conical. bottom of the can 1. ylhe valve rod 33 has, preferably, a square end Bil'fitting a like socket 35 central of the valve partition 16, and said rod extends through the induction pipe 13, and projects through the coupling 8, Where the upper end of the rod is secured by suitable means and is operated by a hand lever 36.

The can is provided with suitable handles 37 for transporting and hanging` the can. The chambers are provided With sight tubes 38, and a filtering screen 39. Y

In order to prevent overflow oi' the chambers 10 and 11, by reason of the valve being left open too long during; a. tanleilling operation, apertures vor fluid ducts 39ZL are made through the partition members adjacent to the top edge thereof and above the limit ot capacity, as five gallons, of the chambers. These' ducts also permit, the passage oi fluid from one chamber to the other when the valve is closed to both chambers until the fluid supply is cut off from the can. t

, The operation in detail is as follows: The hose 9 being attached to a gasolene tank of a truck orrvagon, gasolene is conveyed by said hose throua'hthe coupling 8 into the induction pipe 13 While the valve is closed as indicated by the closed position of the handle 36 shown in Fig. 7. Then the handle is reversed or` turned to either of the open positions as vshown in Fig. 'l' which turns the valveinto position to admit passage or" gasolene therethrough as by Way of the ports 23 and 24 into the chamber as 11 so asto ll this chamber to its capacity, for example, ve gallons which is indicated by the gage-tube oi' this chamber, thereupon the hafrrdle is reversed or turned.

to the other open position whereby the valve port 23 is closed and the other of the ports 24 leading to the chamber 10 is opened for discharging gasolene. into the chamber 10 While the measured gasolene is beingv discharged from the chamber 11 through its port 28, and the discharge pipes 19 and 2l, into a storage tank. This operation is repeated for any desired amount of liquid to be measurably transferred or stored.

it will be seen that the valve, the valve rod and the induction pipe may be Withdrawn through the bottom of the can by merely removing the bushing, the cap 31 and the coupling 6, and releasing,` the upper end o', the valverod; that the hinged lids afford separate access to the chambers, and that the can handles afford convenient means for transporting, and for hanging the can when not in use.

rlfhe top and bottom of the `valve being permanently open respectively to the induction and edu'ction valve pipes, movement of the valve rod will open oneA of the ports 2d and one of the ports 2O so as to admit gasolene into one of the chambers during the discharge of gasolene from theother chamber.

l do not Wish to be understood as confining my invention to any particular size, material and capacity, nor in the application thereof, but reserve the right to make ich changes and variations thereinV and in the application thereof, as may not be inconsistent vrith the appended claims.

Having thusrdescribed my invention what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In. a ,(asolene service station appliance, a measuring; can having an intake end and an outlet end, a central partition dividing the can vertically into tivo measuring chambers, a valve in the bottom ot the can, an induction pipe secured to and opening into the valve, said pipe extendingu central of the partition and terminating; in the saidintake end, and a valve rod attached to the valve and extending through said pipe and through said intake end. one movement oi said rod placing; the valve for fillingone of said chambers and for emptying the other chamber during such tilling. 2. In a liquid measuring device of the character described, a container divided centrally into two chambers by a vertical partition, a valve for. inducting the liquid into one chamber and discharging the liquid from the other chamber during said induction, an induction pipe attached to and opening' into the valve. said pipe extending vertically and centrally through the partition, a valve rod attached to the valve and extending through the pipe. A

.ln a liquid measuring device if the character described, acontainer having a central vertical partition dividing the container into two separate chambers7 a valve housing centrally under the partition, a tubular casing projecting 'from the housing and forming the cent al part of the partition, a valve Working in the housing, an induction pipe extending through the said casing and connecting the valve with an intake of the container, and a valve rod attached to the valve and extending through the pipe for placing the valve so as to iill one ot the chambers during the emptying of the other chamber. Y

4:. In a liquid measuring device ci' the character described, a. container having a central valve housing in the bottom thereof, a tube extension of the housing joined with the top of the container, partition members branched from the tube and dividing the container into chambers, a compound valve Within said housing, an induction coupling, an induction pipe Within the tube and atA tached to the valve and to the coupling, and a valve rod extending through the pipe and the coupling.

in a device of the character described, a container, a valve casing, a valve, a valve housing formed Within the bottom of the container and having lateral openings corresponding with the casing ports, and open bushings extending through the Wall of the housing and screwing into said ports for attaching the casing to the housing.

1n Witness whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN M. FULCONER. Witnesses JOHN C. FIRMIN, C. F. BELT. 

